Harness-buckle



(No Model.)

J. SCHRODER.

HARNESS BUCKLE. No. 324,733. Patented Aug. 18, 1885.

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JOHN SCHRODER, OF TAMA CITY, IOVA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,733, dated August 18, 1885.

Application led June 18, 1885. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, Jol-1N SoHRoDnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tama City, in the county of Tama and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which-the followingis a speciiieation.

The improvement in my buckle is a construction whereby the tongue is rendered iuvisible when the strap is secured, and cannot, therefore, be caught by anything connected about a horse or harness. Particularly does my improved buckle avoid catching the horses tail or in the lynet, and its construction causes it to lie close and flat upon the strap.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents my improved buckle as applied to a strap; Fig. 2, the buckle, and Fig. 3 a sectional view ofthe buckle and strap.

The frame oi' the buckle is formed of straight flat side bars, a, and tive cross-bars, b c d e f, disposed in a manner to receive the tongue and the straps to obtain the objects which I have stated. The two end bars, b c, are on a plane with the inner edges of the side bars. The two intermediate bars, d e, are on a plane with the outer edges of the side bars, and the t'th cross bar, f, is between t-he outer crossbars. The outer cross-bar, e, has the tongue (1, which may be secured in any suitable Way, but must be of a length to lie over the middle cross-bar.

The buckle is fastened permanently to the strap h by being looped over the middle and end crossbars, fb, and secured together be.- tween these crossbars and outside of the end bar by rivets i i, so that this strap will lie in the plane of the buckle-frame along its inner side. The strap j to be buckled is inserted between the cross-bars c @,over the loop-fastened end of the strap h,and under the tongue g, so that the latter enters the holes r of the strap j from the outer side of the latter, and is thereby carried under the said strap j and supported upon the looped end of the riveted strap, so that the tongue cannot be pulled under and will be between the straps and lie unseen within the buckleframe, giving perfect security. When buckled, the end of the strap is passed under the outer crossbar, d, so that the two straps lie flat within the buckleframe.

This construction, while giving au invisible hinged tongue, also gives the advantage of greater ease and convenience in buckling the strap. In the ordinary loose-tongued buckle the strap is moved from its end inward to raise and free the tongue of the strap, and it is hard to buckle and to unbuckle, while with the invisible tongue the strap is moved toward its end to both buckle and to unbuekle it with ease and quickness. The buckle can be made in any desired style and size.

The tongue is curved, so as to lie between the straps and to easily passinto the strap-hole in being buckled.

I claimm l. The improved harness buckle herein shown and described, consisting of the side bars united by the cross-bars b c d ef, and the tongue g, hinged to one of the intermediate cross-bars, e, and extending over the other intermediate cross-bar, f, whereby the end of the tongue is concealed between the buckled straps, as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame having the cross-bars b c d ef, arranged as described, and the tongue g, hinged to the cross-bar e, with the straps h j, the former riveted around the cross-barf, and the tongue supported thereon between it and the outer strap, j, as shown and described. Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN SCHRODER. Vi t n esses E. L. GARMrcHAnL, W. C. MURRAY. 

